Russian government-backed TikTok media accounts blocked in EU

by time news

The social network TikTok has blocked accounts of Russian media outlets supported by the Russian government in the European Union, a radio station reporter said. NPR. Among those blocked are the RT channel and the Sputnik agency. Their accounts do not work, in particular, in Germany and Spain, RIA Novosti reports.

These measures were taken against the background of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, which began on February 24. Because of this, Western countries have introduced new anti-Russian sanctions, and also began to stop broadcasting Russian channels. In particular, the head of the RT television channel Margarita Simonyan was blacklisted by the European Union.

Read more about the military operation in the Kommersant online broadcast.

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